Bag fastener



.17, 1928. l,677,154 B.STEMBER BAG FASTENER Filed Feb. 14. 1928 PatentedJuly 17, 1928.

PATENT OFFICE.

BERNABD STEMBER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BAG FASTENEB.

Application filed February 14, 1928.` Serial No. 254307.

This invention relates to bag fasteners. and more particularly todevices for preventing the accidental opening of ladies hand bags andthe like.

One of the objectons to the snap fasteners commonly used on ladies handbags is that such fasteners become loose with constant use; their actionnot being positive, consequently it is not uncommon to see women uponthe public highway unconscious of the fact that the worn tastener ontheir handbags has allowed the bag'to open, exposing the contentsthereof to pickpockets, etc. e u

An object of this invention is to provide a safety device for bagi'asteners, so `con- `structed thataccidental opening of a bag will beprevented.

A further object is to provide a safety bag fastener which will not loseits effectiveness by repeated `use. i j

A further ob 'ect is to provide a bag fastener having elements simple instructure and so designed as to eliminate the' possibilit y ofaccidental breaking. i

A "further object is to provide a bag 'tastener which is effective as asafety device, yet pleasing in appearance and appealing to the estheticsense.` i

These and other objects are attained by the novel Construction,`combination and arrangement of parts hereinafterdescribed and shown inthe accompanying drawing, constituting a material part of thisdisclosure, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing thefastener mounted on a bag frame.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the safety device inan open position. e

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view showing the manner in which thefastener is mounted on a bag frame.

Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional view showing further details of themounting of y the tastener on a bag `frame.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary `perspeetive view of a modified form showingthe fastener embracmg the frame elements and having thereto attached amirror or the like,

Reterring in greater detal to the drawings, a bag frame is shown to becomposed of two channelled members 10 and 12 hinged together at 11.Mounted on the channel member 10 is a lug 14 having its inner sideinclined outwardly so that 'a cap 15 will readily cam thereover. u

Positioned in the channel ot member 1:2 is a torsional spring 16 havinga ilattened end 17 which Contacts with the sides ot' the iframe membersto limit rotation oit the spring, the other end ot' the spring beingflattened and surrounded by a loop 18, which has a horizontal portionpermanently fixed to the cap 15 and an aperture through which a plunger19` extends. The plunger 19 is normally forced upward by a coiled com--pression spring'20 which Contacts with disc 21 on the plunger and thebase of the tubular portion 15' of the cap 15.

A pin 22 passes diametrically through the tubular member 15' and pivotedupon it, is the fiattened portion 23 of a rod 24. The tubular member 15'is provided with a transverse slot 25` to allow unobstructed movement otthe flattened tenton 23 through an angle of 180 The inner end oi" thepiu22 is flat and `Contacts with the disc 21.

Attached to the opposite extremity ot the rod 24 is a cylindrical cupmember 26, adapted to encircle upstandinpprojections 27 and 28, fixedlymounted on channel members 10 and 12, respectively.

When it isdesired to close a bag equipped with this fastener, the cap 15is snapped over the lug 14., and the rod 2% is pivoted into a horizontalposition so that the cylindrical cup member 26 encompasses theprojections 27 and 28, and accidental opening of the bag is thusprevented.

The manner in which the rod 24 is positioned enables the attachmentthereto of a mirror (Figure 5) which may pass through slots in the framemembers and be concealed from View when rod 24 is in the horizontalposition as shown in Figure 1.

Instead of using the projections 27 and 28, the cylindrical cup member26 may be provided with a pair of diametrically opposite slots cut inthe periphery of and extending to its free edge (Figure 5). lVith such astructure, the cup member 26 will directly embrace the outer edges otframc members 10 and 12 and prevent accidental opening of the bag.

It will be seen that the rod 24: may be rotated through an angle of 180and that it will be resili-ently held in two horizonta] positions andone vertical position. This ar rangementeliminates the possibility ofaccidentally bending or breaking the structure as would be the case werethe rotation limited to 90.

The foregoing 'disclosure is to be regarded as descriptive andillustrative only, and not as restrictive or limitatve oi" theinvention, of which obviously an embodiment may be constructed includingmany modifications Without departng from the general scope hereinindicated and denoted in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A fastenng device `for a bag having a pair of frame members hinged toeach other, said 'device comprising a spring controlled cap mounted onone frame 'member and adapted to snap over a lug on the other f'anemember to close the bag, a rod pivotally connected at one end to saidcap, and provided with means at its opposite end to have lookingengagement With saidf'ame members.

2. A fastening device for a bag having a pair of frame members hinged toeach other. said device comprising a spring controlled cap mounted onone frame member and adapted to snap over a lug on the other framemember to close the bag, a pair of projeetions fixed to said framemembers, spaeed from the said cap and lug, a rod pivotally connected atone end to said cap, and a cyliudrical cup member fixed to the other endof the rod and adapted to encompass said projections to preventaccidental opening of the bag.

3. A bag fastener means for securing one frame member of a bag toanother frame member, comprising a pair of projections on said framemembers and spaced from said means, a rod pivotally connected at one endto said means, and a cylin'drieal member fixed to the opposite end ofsaid rod and adapted to encompass said projections.

4; In combination with a bag fastener, a

device for preventng accidental opening of a bag, said devicecomprisinga pair of projections fixed to the frame members of a bag and spacedfrom said fastener, a member pivotally connected at one end with saidfastened and having means at its opposite end to encircle saidprojections, and means for resiliently holding said member in ahorizontal or a vertical position.

5. A bag fastener comprisnga pair of projections fixed to adjacent framemembers of a bag, a member having means at one end to encircle saidprojections, means to pivotally connect said member With one of theframe members, and means for resilientlv holding said member inaplu'ality of posi- "tions, said member being rotatable through an angleof 180.

6. A bag fastener comprising a pair of projections positioned side byside, each of said projections being mounted on separate adjacent framemembers of a bag, a rod having a cylindrical cup member at one endadapted to encircle said projections, means for pivotally connecting theother end of said rod With one of the framc members, and means forresiliently holding said rod in plurality of positions, said rod beingrotatable through an angle of 180.

7. A bag fastener comprising a pair of projections on adjacent framemembers of a bag, a rod having means at one end adapte'd to encirclesaid projections, and means for pivotally connecting the other end ofsaid rod with one of the trame members, said rod being rotatable throughan angle of 180.

This specification signed this eighth day of February, 1928.

BERNARD STEMBER.

